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Vows, veils, and masks

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	PPN:	1823913245
	Title:	Vows, veils, and masks : the performance of marriage in the plays of Eugene O'Neill / Beth Wynstra
	Persons:	Wynstra, Beth 1979- [VerfasserIn]
	Published:	Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2023]
	Languages:	English
	Extent:	x, 214 Seiten : Illustrationen ; 23 cm
	Series:	Studies in theatre history and culture
	Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index
	Bibliogr. context:	Erscheint auch als: Online-Ausgabe- Wynstra, Beth, 1979-. Vows, veils, and masks. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2023] Erscheint auch als: Vows, veils, and masks: the performance of marriage in the plays of Eugene O'Neill / Wynstra, Beth 1979-. - Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2023], ISBN 978-1-60938-904-8
	ISBN:	978-1-60938-903-1 Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-60938-904-8
	Subject headings:	Literary criticism O'Neill, Eugene -- 1888-1953 -- Criticism and interpretation -- DLC ; Marriage in literature -- DLC ; Married people in literature -- DLC ; Sex role in literature -- DLC
	Classification:	Library of Congress Classification: PS3529.N5 Dewey Decimal Classification: [23/eng/20221122] 812.52
	Abstract:	"This book offers a fresh analytical approach to the plays of Eugene O'Neill with its attention to the engagements, weddings, and marriages so crucial to the tragic action in O'Neill's works. Specifically, the book examines the culturally-sanctioned traditions and gender roles that underscored marital life in the early 20th century and that still haunt and define love and partnership in the modern age. Analyzing and weaving in artifacts like advice columns, advertisements, theatrical reviews, and even the lived experiences of the actors who brought O'Neill's wife characters to life, Wynstra points to new ways of seeing and empathizing with those who are betrothed and new possibilities for reading marriage in literary and dramatic works. She suggests that the various ways women especially were, and still are, expected to divert from their true ambitions, desires, and selves in the service of appropriate wifely behavior is a detrimental performance and one at the crux of O'Neill's marital tragedies. Wynstra's study invites more inclusive and nuanced ways of thinking about the choices married characters must make and the roles they play both on and off the stage"--
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